Welcome to the Department of Communication and Media!
Learn more about all our department has to offer, whether you’re interested in advertising copywriting, public speaking, graphic design, journalism, or more! Click through below to see what we have to offer.
This specialization prepares students to promote clients in the business world within agency or corporate settings. Job roles include advertising account executive, advertising media manager, public relations director, media director for a political campaign, and marketing consultant. This curricular specialization includes learning experiences in writing, analysis of case studies, management, and campaigns.
This specialization prepares students for careers in radio, television, broadcast news, audio/video production, graphic design, and interactive media/Web development. Job roles include broadcast station manager, technical director, videographer, radio announcer, video producer, graphic designer, animator, and Web developer. This curricular specialization includes learning experiences in media production, script writing, studio operations, special effects and animation, motion media history, and documentary.
This specialization prepares the student for the news professions in a variety of media channels, including newspapers, magazines, books, radio, television, and the Internet. Job roles include news writer, columnist, editorialist, reporter, copy editor, section editor, managing editor, editor-in-chief, broadcast reporter, television news anchor, news director, and webmaster and blogger.
The Media and Society Specialization can only be taken as a double specialization with a primary specialization in the Communication and Media major (Advertising/PR, Journalism, or Digital Media). This specialization is designed for students who want to engage in a deep analysis of media and forge a greater understanding of media’s effects. Students who choose a specialization in Media and Society may be planning future graduate study in the field of communication.
Business Journalism is an interdisciplinary minor offered by the Communication and Media and Economics Departments. Business journalists report on financial markets, the economy, the corporate world and how these issues impact society at large. They also focus on reporting complex financial and economic news to a variety of audiences and through a variety of mediums by synthesizing and analyzing business and economic data.
The communication and media minor consists of seven courses. A CM minor must choose a specific specialization from Advertising/PR, Journalism, or Digital Media. Communication and Media minors cannot take Media and Society as a specialization. Students must choose from Advertising/PR, Journalism, or Digital Media.
Designed for working professionals, the program features asynchronous classes and course work allowing students with busy or irregular schedules to maintain their course load. Class sizes are small to encourage personalized interaction between students and faculty. The program’s course work focuses on experiential learning and features projects that are tailored to fit the individual needs of each student
The online Health Communication certificate prepares professionals to be communication leaders in the fields of health and wellness. Enrolled students experience insights and training to incorporate dynamic emerging communication opportunities into their work. By implementing the knowledge, strategies, and techniques learned, students are better positioned to advance the health and wellness of both individuals and communities.